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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs
workaround
sub phase
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
data date
2. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary
scope baseline
plan communications (Process)
risk management plan (Output/Input)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
3. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development
methodology
performing organization
finish date
voice of the customer
4. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity (at the summary level)
summary activity
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
defect repair
request for quotation (RFQ)
5. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources
voice of the customer
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
estimate activity durations (Process)
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
6. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase
float
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
closing processes (Process Group)
lag (Technique)
7. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion
project management body of knowledge
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
Monte Carlo analysis
activity code
8. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.
schedule model (Tool)
scheduled start date (SS)
duration (DU or DUR)
time and material contract (T&M)
9. Document describing how roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships and staffing management will be addressed and structured for the project
analogous estimating (Technique)
start to finish (SF)
human resource plan
executing processes (Process Group)
10. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
perform quality assurance (Process)
late start date (LS)
procurement documents (Output/Input)
11. Centralized management of one or more portfolios - which includes identifying - prioritizing - authorizing - managing and controlling projects - programs and related work - to achieve specific strategic business objectives
work performance information
claim
rolling wave planning (Technique)
portfolio management (Technique)
12. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance
technical performance measurement (Technique)
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
manage project team (Process)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
13. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.
product life cycle
risk category
project calendar
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
14. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information
workaround
execute
portfolio management (Technique)
summary activity
15. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
risk mitigation (Technique)
sponsor
forecast
16. Slack - Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.
flowcharting (Technique)
float
human resource plan
late finish date (LF)
17. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.
communications management plan (Output/Input)
program
administer procurements (Process)
perform integrated change control (Process)
18. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities
communications management plan (Output/Input)
request for information (RFI)
schedule network analysis (Technique)
authority
19. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity
authority
role
path divergence
threat
20. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
risk tolerance
effort
matrix organization
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
21. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
project management system (Tool)
change control system (Tool)
methodology
22. Budgeted cost of work scheduled
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
functional manager
contract (Output/Input)
BCWS
23. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
rolling wave planning (Technique)
fast tracking (Technique)
slack
finish to finish (FF)
24. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project
scope
resource leveling (Technique)
manage project team (Process)
near critical activity
25. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance
develop human resource plan (Process)
define activities (Process)
performance measurement baseline
perform quality assurance (Process)
26. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.
opportunity
project scope statement (Output/Input)
Gantt chart (Tool)
develop schedule (Process)
27. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success
procurement documents (Output/Input)
identify stakeholders (Process)
project initiation
earned value management (EV
28. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
start date
time and material contract (T&M)
Monte Carlo simulation
29. Provider of products - services or results
reserve
lead (Technique)
seller
resource calendar
30. Subsystem of overall project management system. collection of formal documented procedures that defines how project work will be authorized to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time and in the proper sequence.
start to start (SS)
work authorization system (Tool)
work package
project team directory
31. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity
project management office (PMO)
work package
finish to start (FS)
functional organization
32. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.
material
define activities (Process)
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
early finish date (EF)
33. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.
path convergence
opportunity
activity duration
functional manager
34. Document that graphically depicts the project team members and their interrelationships for a specific project
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
acquire project team (Process)
project organization chart (Output/Input)
project calendar
35. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project
projectized organization
risk
expected monetary value (EMV)
risk avoidance (Technique)
36. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities
distribute information (Process)
project management team
percent complete
projectized organization
37. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management
request for quotation (RFQ)
plan communications (Process)
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
close procurements (Process)
38. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project
work authorization system (Tool)
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
performing organization
contract (Output/Input)
39. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram
to complete performance index (TCPI)
approved change request (Output/Input)
project management office (PMO)
sensitivity analysis
40. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration
plan risk response (Process)
assumptions
schedule performance index (SPI)
define activities (Process)
41. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed
change control system (Tool)
change control
change control board (CCB)
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
42. Request for proposal - but may have a narrower or more specific meaning
defect
start to start (SS)
perform quality assurance (Process)
invitation for bid (IFB)
43. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
validation
requirement
planning package
44. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.
log
fast tracking (Technique)
technical performance measurement (Technique)
project management knowledge area
45. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat
material
progressive elaboration (Technique)
technical performance measurement (Technique)
parametric estimating (Technique)
46. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories
portfolio management (Technique)
Delphi technique (Technique)
schedule performance index (SPI)
risk category
47. Person or organization that is actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by execution or completion of the project
stakeholder
finish to finish (FF)
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
performance measurement baseline
48. A product - result or service generated by a process
risk
output (Process)
identify risks (Process)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
49. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans
develop project management plan (Process)
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
quality
50. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.
result
sub network
schedule model (Tool)
product life cycle